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The character 氽 is a compound ideogram: 人 (person) placed above 水 (water) visually represents a person floating on the surface of water, giving it the primary meaning "to float". In certain regional dialects, particularly in cooking, it also refers to deep-frying because ingredients float when cooked in hot oil. Care should be taken not to confuse it with the visually similar 汆, which places 入 (enter) above 水 and means "to quick-boil". 氽 has no simplified or traditional variant, conveying its meaning through the spatial arrangement of its components.
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